Marital Abuse

Ephesians_5-25: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it

MEMORY VERSE:

“The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.” Psalms 11: 5

BIBLE PASSAGES:

Malachi 2: 16-17,

1 Pet 3: 7-12

INTRODUCTION
Marital abuse, whether or not it involves physical violence, is a one-sided oppressive relationship where one spouse uses unacceptable methods to maintain unhealthy control in the home. Domestic abuse affects people of all races, age, gender or background.

Sadly, it is an evil that now manifests in Christian homes and the church of God. Zephaniah 1:9 says, ” In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit. “

Abuse in its different manifestations is the most destructive tool that can be used by…